Our exclusive render design makes this Ford rat rod meaner than everything else.

This guy’s Rat Road design is as retro as it gets, an eccentric model that would make a stunning showpiece, in the words of its builder. For now, it only comes in a LEGO version, but who knows?

“I get an endless amount of garbage from people about buildingrat rods, but I get just as much about them being diesel powered,” Steve says. “I grew up in the steel industry, so I was used to watching ...

The ventriloquist bought the one-off derivative of the rugged military vehicle in the summer of 2025, and took fellow ...

We start our rat rod truck adventure in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where our man Jesse Kiser attended the Heavy Rebel Weekender rockabilly music festival and car show, a hardcore Mecca for ...

GOODLAND, Kan. (KWCH) - An effort to breathe new life into a vehicle decades past its prime nears its completion in northwest Kansas. How long does it take to build a custom vehicle? At Northwest ...

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Jay Leno tests comedian Jeff Dunham’s 750-hp rat rod Humvee, a wild Duramax-powered military build transformed into a massive SEMA showstopper.

If so, your opinion on rat rods—and by extension, diesel rat rods—may be informed by whether you are already invested in traditional hot rod building (pre-1949 hot rods) and the long history of ...

A 1928 Dodge from his late grandfather started it all for Steve Darnell ofVegas Rat Rods. "He was a World War II vet, he was a bad-ass, and he was the nicest guy on the planet. I rebuilt the car and I ...